Strip of spool lace with triangular field with splicing branch, Strip of natural spool of lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a triangular field, based on the bottom of the strip and a top that ends slightly below the top of the strip. The sides of the triangle are formed by a line with kinks in it. A splitting branch hangs down from the top, with whimsical leaves and rosette flowers. The pattern on the underside is formed by the flowers and leaves at the end of these branches and by more or less oval cartouches. Between the successive triangular fields you can see a loose
Strip of spool lace with triangular field with splicing branch, Strip of natural spool of lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a triangular field, based on the bottom of the strip and a top that ends slightly below the top of the strip. The sides of the triangle are formed by a line with kinks in it. A splitting branch hangs down from the top, with whimsical leaves and rosette flowers. The pattern on the underside is formed by the flowers and leaves at the end of these branches and by more or less oval cartouches. Between the successive triangular fields you can see a loose flower with a stalk and leaf, which is tilted slightly downwards from above. The motifs are connected by a mesh ground, the Mechelen ground. The motifs are made in linen with few cutouts and thicker and shiny contour threads. In the triangular field two different decorative grounds were used and in the cartouches along the bottom two more, including a snow ground. The faintly scalloped bottom is finished with picots. The top is finished straight., anonymous, Mechelen, c. 1700 - c. 1724, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 23 cm × w 7 cm
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